Description: This is a discussion about the United States Federal Income Tax. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1969, Vol. 21. Pt. 2, No. 59

Description: The purpose of this paper is to set forth a mathematical technique which in the author's experience has proved useful in testing the tax implications of various management actions.

Description: This is a discussion about 1959 Act dealing with federal income tax on life insurance companies. Specific topics include: A. Impact the new tax law has had on: i the investment policies of individual companies, ii company accounting systems and procedures, iii actuarial bases for new contracts? B. What principles have been followed in allocating the federal income tax among the annual statement lines of business? How is the assessment to a line of business with a loss from operations established? Is the tax on the interest on surplus allocated on some general basis or with regard to the relative contributions of the different lines to the accumulated surplus? C. How is the tax taken into account in asset share tests and dividend scale determinations?

Description: This discussion at the SOA 1968 Philadelphia and Los Angeles Regional Meetings focuses on federal income tax questions including recent rulings, company organization around tax work, the role of actuaries, and Canadian developments.

Description: Discusses the importance of making tax-motivated investment decisions regarding one portfolio of a company within the context of the overall tax return of which the portfolio is a part, not necessarily on the tax effect of the portfolio alone.